=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 --- src/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 1998/09/24 03:36:58 1.7 +++ src/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 1998/09/27 16:57:48 1.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.7 1998/09/24 03:36:58 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.8 1998/09/27 16:57:48 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ .Op Fl vmnr .Op Fl f Ar configuration file .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Newsyslog +.Nm newsyslog is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by .Xr cron 8 . When it is executed it archives log files if necessary. If a log file @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ or .Xr compress 1 , depending on compilation options. The ``B'' flag means that the file is a -binary file, and so the ascii message which +binary file, and so the ASCII message which .Nm newsyslog inserts to indicate the fact that the logs have been turned over should not be included. The ``M'' flag marks this entry as a monitored @@ -145,24 +145,27 @@ .El .Pp .Sh OPTIONS -The following options can be used with newsyslog: +The following options can be used with +.Nm newsyslog : .Bl -tag -width XXX .It Fl f Ar config-file -instructs newsyslog to use +Instructs newsyslog to use .Ar config-file -instead of /etc/newsyslog.conf for its configuration file. +instead of +.Pa /etc/newsyslog.conf +for its configuration file. .It Fl v -places +Places .Nm newsyslog in verbose mode. In this mode it will print out each log and its reasons for either trimming that log or skipping it. .It Fl n -causes +Causes .Nm newsyslog not to trim the logs, but to print out what it would do if this option were not specified. .It Fl r -removes the restriction that +Removes the restriction that .Nm newsyslog must be running as root. Of course, .Nm newsyslog @@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ .Xr syslogd 8 , so this option should only be used in debugging. .It Fl m -places +Places .Nm newsyslog in monitoring mode; only entries marked with an ``M'' in flags are processed, and notifications sent if any have changed. Without this option, monitored @@ -180,13 +183,13 @@ .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/newsyslog.conf .It Pa /etc/newsyslog.conf -Default configuration file. +efault configuration file .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr gzip 1 , .Xr compress 1 , +.Xr gzip 1 , .Xr syslog 3 , -.Xr syslogd 8 . +.Xr syslogd 8 .Sh AUTHOR .Bd -unfilled -offset indent Theodore Ts'o, MIT Project Athena